A rugged coastal site, the sound of roaring waves and that unmistakable smell of saline air. We imagined a home as an uncluttered set of volumes placed atop a dune crest. Thanks to the client’s hands-on involvement with the landscape design, the home emerges from a scattering of native scrub. With a split-level layout, the form responds to the topography and is clad in bushfire resilient Blackbutt timber. Overcoming the dilemma of a south facing sea view, solar passive design was iteratively tested to maximised northern solar access whilst optimising the very reason the clients picked this incredible site.